//New York City · Issue · AUG 2026Claude Code rollouts for eng teams

Dispatches on coding, AI and infinite side projects.

Count Tongula

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Alex TongSoftware engineer for more than half a decade, shipping product with 12+ hours a day. Previously @ , then , where I shipped Claude Code plugins company-wide and taught ~500 engineers to build with agents. Now independent: I help engineering teams make Claude Code actually stick, write about engineering, AI, and the tech industry from my own lens, coach engineers one on one, and ship random side projects. Currently creating a soda, building a video game, and making music under SUIMA, all shipped with the help of Claude.

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The Workshop

Eye Break

macOS · Menu Bar App

Stare at a screen all day? Have eye pain? Eye Break lives in your menu bar and runs the 20-20-20 rule: every 20 minutes, look 20 feet away for 20 seconds. The actual technique eye doctors recommend. Free.

  • Lives in your menu bar
  • The 20·20·20 rule, automated
  • Free, forever
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Blackjack

Browser · Instant Play

Hit or stand against a Dracula-themed dealer. No chips, no bets, just the count. A quick hand to clear your head between commits.

More in the workshop

Small tools, built because I needed them.

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